Best in Class
The TV Specialists, Inc. designation of Best In Class is an award and level of recognition to a very select group of products that truly represent the very best in performance, reliability, technology and value. Products that have earned the Best in Class designation will be identified with the Best In Class logo and the specific reasons why they have earned this title will be identified in the detailed product descriptions.
Best In Class Platinum - this represents our highest rating and is only given to those products which have proven themselves in the marketplace and have passed the test of time and have consistently demonstrated top performance, reliability, and value.
Best In Class Gold- this award is given to those products which have proven excellence in performance, reliability, technology, and value. They represent the very best in their class and require only the test of time and or market acceptance to reach Platinum status.
Best In Class Silver - this represents a product that is outstanding compared to the majority of the competition and has good performance and value but has not yet earned the Platinum or Gold award.
Here's a Few of the Criteria we use to make these awards:
- Actual sharpness and resolution
- Low light and sensitivity
- Signal to noise and visible grain in image
- Size of sensor for depth of field control
- Frame rates and control
- In-camera recording codec quality and color sampling
- Color sharpness and detail
- Dynamic range
- Lens capability
- Work flow and efficiency
- Technology of display- plasma, LCD, LED LCD, and OLED
- Brightness of image pixel resolution
- Actual contrast rating
- Size of panel
- Control capability-RS232 and network
- Color gamut
- Color bit depth of panel and processing
- Duty rating 12/7, 24/7 etc.
- Warranty of manufacture
- Reliabiliyt and failure rate
- Availability of replacement parts
- Brightness
- Image sharpness
- Color Accuracy
- Center to Corner Sharpness
- Color Alignment and or lens color abrration
- Actual pixel resolution
- lamp life
- Filter life
- Actual reliability
- 24/7 rating
- Lens selection and or zoom range
- Speed of manufactur's in-warranty repairs
- Total cost of ownership including lamp costs and number of lamps needed
